John Dee's Aztec Mirror and Global Tudors

Christina Faraday
Oct 22, 2021
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I wrote about the Aztec origins of John Dee's scrying glass, and other global Tudor objects, for Apollo Magazine. Read online: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/john-dee-mirror-aztec-obsidian/

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